The Press back issues from July 2005:
Friday FORUM
Jul 01, 2005; ... I am a reported target of the Internet ravers on racing taxation -- those who want a "level playing field" with gaming duties. They areciting the four per cent casinos pay in gaming tax and the 20 percent racing and slot machines pay. If racing was taxed like casinos,the line goes, it ...
NAME THE FACE
Jul 01, 2005 ... Who is this former trainer? Answer in OFF TRACK, page 16 ....
Debutant on hat-trick Canty youngster all the rage in feature
Jul 01, 2005; ... Jays Debut will be all the rage to wrap up his debut season instyle at Auckland tonight. The Mark Purdon-trained pacer was very impressive winning theGroup One New Zealand Two-Year-Old Championship two weeks ago. The Presidential Ball gelding goes into tonight's $100,000 ...
Jackson Browne has full tank of gas at Addington
Jul 01, 2005; ... Jackson Browne revived his career with an effortless win in thethree- six wins Southern Trust Mobile Pace at Addington last night. Having his first start since January 30, the five-year-old showedhigh speed at both ends of the mobile 1950m. The In The Pocket gelding speared ...
Inside INFO; GALLOPS
Jul 01, 2005; ... RACE 1: Survey has never been unplaced over hurdles and ran thirdin the Awapuni Hurdles at his last start. That form reads well in amaiden steeplechase. Tacit Approval, another making his debut overcountry, ran third in the Northern Hurdle at his last start and isthe obvious threat ....
That's BIZARRE
Jul 01, 2005; ... That a Filipino boy who learned to ride as a child on the banks ofthe Mulgrave river in a remote part of the Northern Territory andended up winning a Melbourne Cup is an amazing story in itself. Butit pales in comparison to the bizarre incidents leading up to the dayFrankie Reys guided ...
Visit has heir of romance
Jul 01, 2005; ... When Prince William last visited New Zealand he was a babe in arms-- now he's just a babe. Europe's most eligible bachelor and second in line to the Britishthrone touched down on New Zealand soil yesterday for his first soloengagement acting on the Queen's behalf. It is 22 ...
Embattled high school head quits; ARANUI'S WOES
Jul 01, 2005; ... ARANUI'S WOES * 2003 -- Aranui High School takes out a $900,000 loan withWestpac and empties its reserves to build a $1.8 million performingarts centre. * 2004 -- For the third year running, the school posts a deficit.It asks the Government to send in a statutory manager ...
Embattled high school head quits
Jul 01, 2005; ... ARANUI'S WOES * 2003 -- Aranui High School takes out a $900,000 loan withWestpac and empties its reserves to build a $1.8 million performingarts centre. * 2004 -- For the third year running, the school posts a deficit.It asks the Government to send in a statutory manager ...
More money on roads; Hodgson reveals $21b plan
Jul 01, 2005; ... The Government plans to spend an additional $2.3 billion on landtransport over the next decade, most of it on roading projects whichthe Greens are calling dangerous and short-term thinking. Transport Minister Pete Hodgson yesterday unveiled Land TransportNew Zealand's 10-year ...
New bridge soon
Jul 01, 2005; ... A replacement for the ageing Awatere Bridge near Seddon will beunder way within a year, according to Transit New Zealand. The 102-year-old bridge has been a thorn in the side for transportoperators and commuters on State Highway 1 between Blenheim andSeddon. The bridge is ...
OFF Track
Jul 01, 2005 ... * QUICK QUIZ: What was the major innovation in New Zealand racingin February, 1981. Jetbet computer betting, off-course betting onmidweek Australian races, off-course betting on greyhounds, quinellabetting, pacing Sires Stakes series, mobile starts, pre-race bloodtesting? (answer below) ....
Delay in results of laptop tests
Jul 01, 2005 ... Police say the results of tests for explosives on a laptop whichsparked a security alert at Christchurch International Airport willnot be completed until next week. An area of the International Arrivals Lounge was cordoned and thearmy's specialist bomb squad was brought in during ...
Police arrest 12 in drugs bust
Jul 01, 2005; ... A police operation into class A drugs has led to a dozen peoplebeing arrested and vehicles, cash and firearms seized in Nelson,Wellington and Christchurch. Eleven houses in Nelson were searched from 6am yesterday and 10men and women charged with supplying class A drugs, said the ...
Delay wins politician acquittal
Jul 01, 2005; ... A local body politician from Christchurch has been acquitted ofthe private criminal prosecution that put him at risk of going tojail. The politician had been committed to stand trial on two charges ofthreatening to kill William Van Beek in 1996, but had the chargesdismissed by a ...
$2.3b boost for transport
Jul 01, 2005; ... The Government plans to spend an additional $2.3 billion on landtransport over the next decade, most of it on roading projects whichthe Greens are calling dangerous and short-term thinking. Transport Minister Pete Hodgson yesterday unveiled Land TransportNew Zealand's 10-year ...
Pakeha stands up for unity
Jul 01, 2005; ... Robert Consedine likes paradoxes. Hence the Burwood man seesnothing unusual about an Irish Catholic like himself sitting at No. 6on the Maori Party list. "People have often said to me, over the past 20 years, `Why is apakeha running treaty workshops?'" said Consedine, who runs ...
Name secret in porn case; CONVICTIONS
Jul 01, 2005; ... * Forty-four-year-old Christchurch businessman and companydirector; 62,000 pornographic images, including 17,000 of children asyoung as five in sexual poses; $4000 fine, $770 costs; final namesuppression. * Tony Biddington, 42, Inland Revenue officer; 6000 pornographicimages; ...
Ageing membership worries tramping clubs
Jul 01, 2005; ... Tramping clubs are worried an ageing membership will mean the endof club life as some struggle to find volunteers to maintain back-country huts. Former Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) president John Wilsonremembers a time when plenty of willing young volunteers were readyto trek ...
Group takes aim at fluoridation decision
Jul 01, 2005; ... A push will be made next month to overturn the Grey DistrictCouncil's decision to fluoridate public water supplies aroundGreymouth. Three councillors have given notice of motion to revoke the May 9decision and poll residents in a referendum. Karen Hamilton, Wayne Moen and ...
Man dies in crash
Jul 01, 2005 ... A man is dead after a car crashed down a bank in the Weka Pass inNorth Canterbury, cartwheeled over a railway line and rolled severaltimes before coming to rest upside down in a paddock. He was Kane Alfred O'Neil Clarke, 35, of Christchurch. It is believed he was a passenger ...
Guilty plea likely in crash case
Jul 01, 2005; ... A West Coast woman accused of taking part in a potentially fatalthree-car street race in Christchurch has indicated she will pleadguilty to a charge of drag racing. Dianne Marie Best, 27, is alleged to have been one of threedrivers who lined up in Fitzgerald Avenue early on ...
Lack of smog data clouds NES plan
Jul 01, 2005; ... A lack of accurate smog information for regional towns inCanterbury means regional air authorities "do not have any idea"whether a multimillion-dollar plan to clear the air will meetnational standards. Under National Environmental Standards (NES) -- due to come intoeffect in ...
Rates rise of 3.49% approved for city
Jul 01, 2005; ... An acrimonious Christchurch City Council meeting has ended in theapproval of a 3.49 per cent rates rise but only after Mayor GarryMoore used his casting vote. The increase, mooted in the council's draft annual plan this year,was approved yesterday after an initial vote was tied ...
Mask man cleared of robbery
Jul 01, 2005 ... A shopper caught on camera buying the type of mask used in twoknifepoint robberies in Christchurch is not a suspect, police say. Detectives released an image of the man, filmed buying a clown-face mask at The Warehouse on the same day two dairies were robbed. Detective Marc ...
Petrol-price rise forecast
Jul 01, 2005; ... Petrol prices look set to rise today as higher ACC levies kick in. The rise of 0.7c a litre -- announced in December -- is expectedto cost the average motorist $80.78 a year if it is passed on at thepump. For non-petrol-powered vehicles, the licence fee will increase ...
Canty principals under pressure
Jul 01, 2005; ... Canterbury's 200 primary school principals are increasinglyneeding stress leave to cope with rising pressures, says Principals'Federation executive member Peter Simpson. The federation had surveyed its members to identify symptoms andcauses, with early findings showing over half ...
Tour offer angers Govt
Jul 01, 2005; ... The Government says its efforts on Zimbabwe are being underminedafter National announced it would use taxpayers' money to pay a $2.8million fine if the Black Caps abandon their tour there. Pressure on New Zealand Cricket (NZC) to scuttle next month's tourto Zimbabwe intensified ...
New exhaust test planned
Jul 01, 2005; ... The Government is having another attempt at setting standards toregulate vehicle emissions, after criticism it is sitting on itshands over the issue. A plan to test vehicles using emission screening was shelved inApril, after a pilot programme showed a wide variation in results ...
Petrol-price rise tipped
Jul 01, 2005 ... Petrol prices look set to rise today as higher ACC levies kick in. The rise of 0.7c a litre -- announced in December -- is expectedto cost the average motorist $80.78 a year if it is passed on at thepump. For non-petrol-powered vehicles, the licence fee will increase ...
IN A FEW WORDS
Jul 01, 2005 ... Is Graham Capill obsessed with his sexual organ? If he is, he willbe a good candidate for castration. That would send a message topotential abusers. ADELIEN VAN SCHALKWYK Sociologist and former inmate Greg Newbold says that Graham Capillwill be a marked man in prison (June ...
Hospital cover priority
Jul 01, 2005 ... Health bosses are promising Burwood Hospital will have an after-hours doctor after concerns it went without one last weekend. The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has agreed it mustmove to make staffing of Burwood Hospital a priority. Last weekend, Burwood Hospital ...
Lurking within us
Jul 01, 2005 ... One wonders what was in the mind of the Graham Capill who offeredhimself in service to us. Was he believing he could atone by service,without apology and retribution? Did he discount his God's word; besure your sin will find you out? By publicly decrying sexual abuse,was he convinced ...
Born to be King
Jul 01, 2005 ... Prince William's visit to New Zealand strikingly displays our newrelationship with royalty. He arrives in a nation that has shownscant interest in the prospect of his presence, with its eyes insteadfirmly on the rugby tourists and its mind preoccupied withexpectations of a tight ...
Make way for prince of cuteness
Jul 01, 2005; ... Prince William flew cattle class to Wellington on an Air NewZealand domestic flight. He gave the thumbs-up to a group ofChristchurch schoolchildren and yelled "Awesome". The People's Princeis here. KERI WELHAM reports. Andrew Manning shuffles his feet, a disposable camera in one ...
Obfuscation
Jul 01, 2005 ... Felicity Milburn tries to justify et al's selection for the VeniceBiennale because it is an avant-garde art show (June 28). However,this statement only adds further obfuscation to et al's causecelebre. Avant-garde, as applied to art, is a theoretically convoluted ...
Thanks, Kiwis
Jul 01, 2005 ... Six months have passed since the Indian Ocean tsunami. Anoutpouring of generosity never experienced before has ensured thatall survivors could be given temporary shelter and saved from hungerand outbreak of disease. On behalf of the communities we have assisted and continue ...
Space wasters
Jul 01, 2005 ... Housing NZ is renovating houses in Morrison Avenue in an attemptto drag them into the 1970s. Unfortunately, the year we are in is2005 and the addition of single-glazed ranch sliders, garages locatedon the sunniest spot on the section, and new kitchens will not removethe fact that these ...
There to help
Jul 01, 2005 ... I write in praise of community boards, six of which serve thecitizens of Christchurch. Living on the south end of Marshland Road, my neighbours and I areon the boundary between two boards, Shirley-Papanui to the west andBurwood-Pegasus to the east. Recently, concerned residents ...
Spot the difference
Jul 01, 2005 ... I wonder. Mugabe, for political reasons, is evicting thousands ofpeople from their homes. Don Brash, for political reasons, is ...
PM should call off Zimbabwe cricket tour
Jul 01, 2005 ... If Phil Goff and Helen Clark are not prepared to show leadershipand call off the Black Caps tour to Zimbabwe, they need to step asideand allow some real leaders, like Rod Donald and Jeanette Fitzsimons,to take over. David Lange didn't pretend he couldn't do anything in 1985, ...
Bring him to justice
Jul 01, 2005 ... I find this whole Zimbabwe cricket topic an utter joke. We are threatening to cancel the tour here, and warning againstour team going there. OK, that is fine, but does anyone really expectour stance to bring Mugabe around? I severely doubt it. The problem with what Phil Goff ...
Worse than Saddam
Jul 01, 2005 ... The moral issue of playing cricket in Zimbabwe, real as it is,pales into insignificance in comparison with the need to getPresident Mugabe into prison. Why has Tony Blair not shown the same enthusiasm for getting ridof that awful leader of a former British colony as he had for ...
Small step
Jul 01, 2005 ... The exclusion of Maori, gays and prostitutes from "mainstream" NewZealand society is saddening (Don Brash, June 28). It is less than aballet step for the "mainstream" ...
Prohibition sought?
Jul 01, 2005 ... Two alcohol tax increases in one month reinforces the truth of aGovernment with a voracious, insatiable and apparently incurableappetite for our money. The beneficiary this time is Alac which willno doubt use these funds for additional staff, salary increases, andtelevision ...
Fair play
Jul 01, 2005 ... As British and Irish Lions supporters visiting New Zealand, wefeel that we must take issue with some of the points raised by PeteDavies (June 28). We fail to see the relevance of the comparison withthe New Zealand public's reaction had Brian O'Driscoll's fatebefallen Dan Carter. Surely, ...
Spoilt brat
Jul 01, 2005 ... I watched the netball match in Sydney. It was a hard match but theAustralians were beaten fairly. Somebody ...
Translates as . . .
Jul 01, 2005 ... Once J. G. Hudson (June 24) has completed a course in basicliteracy, maybe he would like to tell us what his problem with Asiansactually is. "By all means welcome them as tourists and students" translates as"we will put up with them if there is a dollar in it for us". "In ...
By hook or crook
Jul 01, 2005 ... It is a not unfamiliar sight as an election looms -- a Governmentbooting an awkward issue over the touchline and hopefully out of thepark -- but the brazen nature of the climb-down over the farm accessdebate reinforces the assessment that Labour is badly rattled by itsrecent wobbly run ....
Sex trade remains nasty, sordid affair
Jul 01, 2005; ... Prostitution may have been decriminalised, but that doesn'tnecessarily make it any more savoury, writes GEOFF COLLETT. Prostitution has been back in the pages of The Press. Sometimes,it seems to be rarely out, even not counting the daily columns ofclassified advertising for busty ...
Departure date for Norris
Jul 01, 2005 ... Departing Air New Zealand chief executive Ralph Norris will leavethe airline on August 31, following the release of the annual result.A global search for a new head is underway, chairman John Palmersaid ....
Cash flies in airport handout
Jul 01, 2005; ... Auckland International Airport (AIA) continues to "spit out cash"with plans to return $200 million to shareholders and an even higherdividend payout rate. The airport indicated in February that it was considering payingout between $100m and $300m. The payment would be made ...
Aust link profitable for Orion
Jul 01, 2005; ... Canterbury's Orion made a profit of $52 million last year -- threetimes what it expected -- on the back of a successful Australianinvestment. The ratepayer-owned lines company yesterday said the $52m after-tax profit in the year to March 31 was $35m more than it forecast,largely ...
St Laurence bond issue raises $30m
Jul 01, 2005 ... St Laurence Property and Finance is closing its bond issue at $30million -- $20m short of initial target. Since it was the first time the company had raised money this way,there was no way St Laurence or its adviser, First NZ Capital, couldgauge the market reaction to the offer, ...
Tariffs slashed in Thai-NZ FTA; New deal bears fruit for exporters
Jul 01, 2005; ... New Zealand fruit exporters already have apples and kiwifruitheading for Thailand to take advantage of a free trade agreement(FTA) which kicks in today. The deal will see a 5 per cent tariff on New Zealand's biggestexport, infant food milk, and those on many fruit and vegetables ...
Harvey|Cameron swoops in on contract
Jul 01, 2005; ... Harvey|Cameron Advertising has won the contract to launch budgetairline Jetstar in New Zealand. The Christchurch ad agency beat off competition from North Islandfirms to win the account with the budget offshoot of Qantas. Neil Cameron said the value of the account was ...
Westport out of running
Jul 01, 2005; ... Westport is out of the running in the chase for the export tradefrom the proposed Pike River coalmine. That leaves Greymouth and Lyttelton competing for the 1.3 milliontonnes of coal each year once the mine starts production next year. Pike River Coal, 79 per cent- owned by ...
Coalminer buys Cascade
Jul 01, 2005 ... Australian coalminer Eastern Corporation has bought one of thebest- known private mines on the West Coast. The Brisbane company yesterday completed the purchase of CascadeMining's assets at Denniston and set up an office in Westport. Cascade is known for supplying coal to the ...
Owners lock up forests
Jul 01, 2005; ... Government officials measuring forests to calculate carbon creditsare being denied access to private forests under a campaign organisedby the New Zealand Forest Owners Association. The lockout is designed to turn the heat up on the government onthe Kyoto Protocol. Forest owners ...
Ports brace for change after takeover of P&O Nedlloyd
Jul 01, 2005; ... Port Taranaki says it wants to be the biggest port in New Zealand,a title currently held by Auckland and challenged by Tauranga. The port said it had the advantages of a west coast location witha trip time from Australia three days shorter than from east coastports, good rail and ...
Jasons boss happy with opening day
Jul 01, 2005; ... It was a quiet start to life as a listed company for travel mediafirm Jasons, but founder and chief executive John Sandford pronouncedhimself happy with the company's partial float on the NZAX. Jasons clocked up three trades for the day after going on thestock exchange's ...
Ngai Tahu sells down Ryman stake
Jul 01, 2005; ... Ryman Healthcare's shares are looking healthier after Ngai TahuHoldings Corporation revealed it had offloaded another chunk of itsstake in the retirement village success story. Ngai Tahu bought a 20 per cent stake in Ryman when it listed in1999 for 135c a share, but cut back its ...
SEA, AIR, RAIL
Jul 01, 2005 ... PORT OF LYTTELTON VESSELS IN PORT Capitaine Wallis, Cashin QuayNo. 3. Glorius Sun, Cashin Quay No. 2. MEC Lucia, Cashin Quay No. 4. Melilla #203, Dry Dock. Maple Ridge, Cashin Quay No. 1. Oyang 96, No. 3 West. Oyang #77, Z Berth ....
Fonterra milk no longer cheapest
Jul 01, 2005; ... A Fonterra leader has drop-kicked the myth that the giant dairy co-operative produces the world's cheapest milk. "Myth number one is that we are still priding ourselves we stillhave the lowest (priced) milk," said Fonterra operations director MaxParkin. He said New ...
End of an era at stock saleyards
Jul 01, 2005; ... When Ivan Gullery closes the gate tonight, a long familyconnection at the Christchurch livestock saleyards will take a bigstep closer to ending. For more than 50 years, four generations of the Gullery familyhave been linked with the saleyards. Ivan's father, Bill, received ...